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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Anita" <anitalawson@xenadoc.com>
Reply-To: anita.lawson@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:23:39 +0000
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Dobr=C3=BD de=C5=88, sle=C4=8Dna?= z Anita.


Dobrý deň, slečna z Anita.Môj najdrahší jedno,
Aký je váš dnes? Dúfam, že dobre. Mine nie je dobré tu. Viem, že tento e-mail príde k vám ako prekvapenie, ale nesú so sebou. Vážení, prosím rád by som si myslieť o mňa a mojej situácii tu, a nie len pre zábavu alebo romantické záležitosti. Prosím Verím, že ste v dobrej pozícii, aby mi pomohol von. Chcem, aby si po mojom boku, a pomôžte mi z tohto stavu, prosím. Moje meno je Miss Anita Yake Lawson, som 19 rokov, jeden a nikdy sa vzal. Som z Libérie v západnej Afrike a v súčasnosti l býval v dome kostola sirotinec sv Louis katolíckej farnosti v Abidjan neskôr v Lomé-Togo v dôsledku občianskej vojny, ktorá bola zvedená v mojej krajine pred niekoľkými rokmi. Môj zosnulý otec Dr.James Lawson bol v politike a tiež pracuje pre vl& ;aa cute;dne zákazky, podporuje súčasná vláda pred povstalcami napadli moju rodinu jedna rana, zabíjať môj otec a moja matka Stella so svojimi dvoma mladšími bratmi.
Môj drahý je to len ja, kto je nažive, a teraz, pretože som bol v škole, kde som robil môj posledný rok na strednej škole a ja sa podarilo spustiť na susednú krajinu Abidjan a Lomé, kde l ležím teraz. V tomto sirotinci doma, sme iba povolené chodiť von tu len na pár dní v týždni. Je to len ako jeden jeho pobyt vo väzení. Nemám žiadne relatívna teraz komu môžem ísť, všetci moji príbuzní ušli uprostred vojny a jediná osoba, mám teraz je Rev.Peter Solomona, ktorý je ctihodný otec v St Louis Parish tu. Bol veľmi príjemný na mňa, pretože som sem prišiel, ale nie som s ním bývajú, Odchádzam v žensko m hosteli, pretože máme dva hotely, jeden pre mužov pre ženy ostatné. On je tiež osobou, ktorá aj používať jeho počítač písať, pretože som mu pomohol typ niektoré doklady pre bohoslužby.Chcem sa vrátiť späť do môjho štúdia, pretože som bol len v mojom poslednom roku v škole, ako sa to stalo, prosím, to vypočuť, môj zosnulý otec, keď bol nažive uložená ($ 6.5m) 6500000 zjednotený štátny dolár v banke ktorý on používal moje meno ako najbližší príbuzný a ja mám jeho výpisu z účtu a úmrtný list tu so mnou. Prosím, budem rád, aby ste mi pomohol previesť tieto peniaze na váš účet vo vašej krajine a od nej môžete poslať nejaké peniaze pre mňa, aby mi cestovanie dokumenty a letenky na prísť na stretnutie s Vami vo va&sca ron;ej krajine, pretože som vôbec nič ruky sa m i tu, aby sa akýkoľvek pohyb alebo robiť čokoľvek. Obávam sa, že nepriateľa svojho otca vytvoril už v mojej krajine, keď bol nažive, že bol tiež dôvod, prečo som došiel na toto miesto. Stále som to tajomstvo iných ľudí tu, pretože nechcem, aby vedeli, kto som alebo čo mám. Jediná osoba, ktorá hovorím to ste vy.Prosím, pretože toto, budem rád, keby ste si to pre seba a nehovor to nikomu za Bojím sa straty môjho života a peňazí, keď ľudia o tom vedieť. Pamätajte si, ja som ti to všetko kvôli dôveru som v tebe, aj keď sme sa stretli osobne. Mám rád úprimný, porozumenie a Boh sa báť ľudí. Medzi moje záľuby patrí hudba, čítanie, písanie a športu. Mám pripojený môj obrázok pre vás a budem tiež rád videl vy. Budem chcieť vedieť viac o vás vaše meno a adresu v plnom rozsahu. Môj obľúbený jazykom je angličtina, aj keď nie príliš dokonalý. Medzit&y acute;m som sa, ako ste vy, aby mi zavolal, ako by som povedal, že som ešte veľa povedať +228 521 69 78. Pekný deň a premýšľať o mňa a mojej situácii tu, prosím. Čakanie na počujem od vás najprv.
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Anita Yake Lawson.

************************************************************************************************Hello, from Miss Anita.My dearest one, How is your today? I hope fine. Mine is not good here. I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but bear with me. Dear please I would like you to think of me and my situation here, not just for fun or romantic affairs. Please I believe you are in a good position to help me out. I want you to be by my side and help me out of this condition, please. My name is Miss Anita Yake Lawson, I am 19 years old, single and never married. l am from Liberia in West Africa and presently l was residing in the church Orphanage home of St Louis Catholic Parish in Abidjan later in Lome-Togo as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country some years ago . My late father Dr.James Lawson was in politics and also he works contract for government , he supports the present government before the rebels attacked my family one early morning , killing my father and my mother Stella with my two younger brothers.My dear it is only me who is alive now because I was in school where I was doing my final year in the secondary school and l managed to run to a nearby country Abidjan and to Lome where l am staying now. In this the orphanage home, we are only allowed to go out of here only on few days of the weeks. It is just like one staying in the prison. I don't have any relative now whom I can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war and the only person I have now is Rev.Peter Solomon who is a reverend father in St Louis Parish here. He has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him , I am leaving in the woman's hostel because we have two hostels, one for men the other for women . He is also the person who i use his computer to write to you because I help him type some documents for church services.I want to go back to my studies because I was only in my final year in school before this happened, Please listen to this, my late father when he was alive deposited ($6.5m) six million five hundred thousand united state's dollar in a bank which he used my name as the next of kin and i have his statement of account and death certificate here with me. Please I will like you to help me transfer this money to your account in your country and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you in your country because I have nothing at hand with me here to make any movement or do anything. I'm afraid of the enemy my father created back in my country when he was alive, that was also why I ran out to this place. I kept this secret other peoples here because I don't want them to know who I am or what I have. The only person that I am telling is you.Please because of this, I will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for I am afraid of losing my life and the money if people get to know about it. Remember I am telling you all this due to the trust I have in you , though we have not met in person .I like honest , understanding and God fearing people . My hobbies are music, reading, writing and sports. I have attached my picture for you and I will also like to see yours .I will like to know more about you your name and address in full. My favourite language is English, though not very perfect. Meanwhile I will like you to call me like I said I have a lot to tell you +228 521 69 78. Have a nice day and think about me and my situation here please. Waiting to hear from you soonest.Best wishesAnita Yake lawson.


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